Author Archives: Aziz-ud-Din Ahmad

Its cultures and subcultures There were however several differences between various regions of the province based on their peculiar geographical conditions, nature of landownership, castes and religions. The Nakodar ‘bate’ was occupied…

Circle of violence coming full circle? In 1980s Saudis sent the largest single contingent of foreign jihadis to fight the Soviet troops in Afghanistan. Saudi fighters developed the reputation of being the…

Institutionalising intolerance towards women Speaking in a public meeting in Lahore last year Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq told the audience that his party wanted to build a country where the women would…

A straight forward appraisal of the judiciary The titles of 18 chapters summarise the writer’s view about the quality of the court under discussion. While Hamid Khan generally evaluates each court somewhat…

Something about Hussain Nawaz’s rags to riches narrative just doesn’t sound right. After the circulation of the Panama Papers, explanation is needed from the Sharif family about the assets abroad which they…

Institutionalising hatred BLURBS: The clerics who are in the forefront of the anti-West campaign forget that the colonial era Western powers occupied several Asian, African and Latin American countries with the…

The rebel and his causes Habib Jalib is widely known today as a revolutionary poet. His early poetry however was apolitical and revolved around more conventional themes like love, separation, betrayal and…

Takes more than slogans Nawaz Sharif’s remark about turning Pakistan into a liberal democracy last month ruffled many feathers in the religious lobby. Nawaz Sharif is an exceptionally slow learner. It took…

Whatever the motivation Accountability mechanisms have never been independent in this country. They, however, used to be predicable. Under the PPP during the ‘90s the accountability mechanism was supposed to take…